China’s Honor debuts robot phone and humanoid companion in push into AI hardware
Robot phone – featuring motorised arm that tracks motion and interacts with users through camera movement – unveiled ahead of MWC Barcelona
Honor’s AI Robot Phone, which featured a motorised, three-axis gimbal arm, could track motion and interact with users through camera movement, the company said in a preview of the handset on Sunday in Barcelona.
The camera arm and multimodal AI capabilities allowed the phone to make all-angle video calls and respond to user commands with nods or even dance to music, the company said.
“For too long, a smartphone has been nothing more than a black rectangle,” said James Li Jian, CEO of Honor, at the event. “We decided to give our next generation of devices not only a brain, but also hands and feet. We are bringing excitement and wonder back to an industry that has stayed silent far too long.”